...Canterbury, for preaching against the Beggar's Ope>a in Lincoln's Inn, he is pleased to say, that play will probably do more good than ' a thousand sermons...of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine. ' Ib. p. '288. If we look to the most celebrated writings of Swift, the Tale of a Tub, and...

...are no weightier objections against that reverend body planted in this city, and I wish there lever may. But I should be very sorry that any of them should...of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine. lu this happy performance of Mr. Gay's, all the characters are just, and none of them carried...

...should be very sorry that any of them should be so weak, as to imitate a court chaplain* in Englaud, who preached against the Beggar's Opera, which will...of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine. In this happy performance of Mr. Gay's, all the characters are just, and none of them carried...

...decency, appear in the theatre without censure ; I cannot understand, why a young clergyman, who comes concealed out of curiosity to see an innocent and...of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine. In this happy performance of Mr Gay's, all the characters are just, and none of them carried...

...to his character as a clergyman, replied in the Intelligencer, that the arraigned production would do more good than a thousand sermons of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine. Well might the Church, and even. religion, be affirmed to be in danger — well might this...

...to his character as a clergyman, rep.lied in the Intelligencer, that the arraigned production would do more good than a thousand sermons of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine. Well might the Church, and even religion, be affirmed to be in danger — well might this reign...

...them should be so weak, as to imitate a court chaplain * in England, who preached against the Beggars' Opera, which will probably do more good than a thousand...of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine. In this happy performance of Mr Gay's, all the characters are just, and none of them carried...

...to imitate a court chaplain in England, who preached against the Beggar's Opera, which probably will do more good, than a thousand sermons of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine." The sermons of Archbishop Herring, a volume of which have been published, contain a sufficient...

...chaplain in England, who preached against the ' Beggars' Opera,' which, probably, will do more good tlini a thousand sermons of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine." This was like Swift, but whose opinion on this subject is at variance with that of sir John...

...III. in which he observed, with as little regard to truth as decency, that the Veggari Opera " would probably do more good than a thousand sermons of so stupid, so injudicious, and so prostitute a divine" as Dr. Herring. Swift was connected with Gay by the ties of friendship, which he often carried...